Managing a transport business inevitably involves dealing with the potential for and consequences of traffic accidents. Accidents happen, but when they do they create disruption, stress and cost.
Many accidents are avoidable, a combination of what-if situations that led to the eventual collision or injury. MapInsight allows you to ask the what-if questions before they happen, to investigate the causes, and to plan preventative actions.
By capturing and displaying the location and nature of each incident, clusters begin to emerge and common factors become clearer. The location of a few near misses or minor incidents could very well be the next major collision. A series of recent incidents in the same place suggests that something has changed in the location or the way that drivers approach it.
MapInsight will show you groups of incidents and allow you to explore the location using StreetView. Usually, only the more serious incidents justify the time and effort of a site visit, but using StreetView to see the road or junction from the driver’s perspective allows more in depth analysis of every incident. Today’s near miss can have the same root cause as tomorrow’s serious injury; being able to investigate everything increases the opportunity to prevent the next incident.
